We’re Getting On, Are You?
“After the march on Chase, I returned to Liberty Square. I was participating, at last, but the nature of my participation remained vague. In the early stages of a movement,…
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Post-it Notes from the Underground
Last week Joe Kloc visited both Occupy San Francisco and Occupy Oakland.
Choice Propaganda
“This stupid little Facebook photo is not only ill-informed, it’s harmful. Nothing on it has anything to do with reality. It has everything to do with a false rhetoric that’s…
Share Ourshelves
“Founded by Kristina Kearns, Ourshelves was inspired by all the talk of the publishing industry’s impending death and Kearns’ personal desire to preserve books. ‘I wanted to create something between…
An Occupy Oakland Roundup
Holy crap. As many of you know, on Monday night, Oakland police raided the Occupy Oakland encampment, arresting and tear-gassing residents and destroying the entire camp. Last night, 500-1500 people…
From Travel To War Writing
“The guidebook I researched last winter was never published, put on hold when the Arab Spring surged into Libya that February. I was writing a guidebook to a country that…
Our Broken Legal System
“…Substantial wealth inequality is so embedded in American political culture that, standing alone, it would not be sufficient to trigger citizen rage of the type we are finally witnessing.” At…
Homelessness and Occupiers
“What occupiers from all walks of life are discovering, at least every time they contemplate taking a leak, is that to be homeless in America is to live like a…
The Rumpus Interview With Will Potter
In 2007, I was put on Homeland Security’s Watch List. True, my brother had just been arrested. He had been a member of the underground Animal Liberation Front, freeing wild…
Laughter Against the Machine Occupies Wall Steet
Laughter Against The Machine is putting on a free show this Friday, October 21st (tomorrow!) in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. If you’re in New York, get your laughter on…
“The Great Schism”
This Ta-Nehesi Coates Atlantic piece takes a closer look at what caused the rift between abolitionists and suffragists, despite their many shared values. “I think one way of looking at…
An Occupy Wall Street Roundup
Remember that NYPD deputy commander who pepper-sprayed protesters for apparently no reason at all? He’s facing disciplinary charges which could result in him losing 10 whole vacation days. The Guardian…